'Caps at College - Week 14

November 20, 201211:01 AM PST

Joseph Sapienza

It’s been an exciting week of college playoff action for several Whitecaps FC alums.

Simon Fraser University – with Residency graduates Alex Rowley and Jason van Blerk in their ranks – have reached the Final Four of the NCAA Division II Tournament while goalkeeper Erin McNulty (pictured) starred in a penalty shootout to send Penn State into the Elite Eight of the women’s NCAA Division I competition.

Elsewhere, Ben McKendry’s University of New Mexico made the Sweet 16 phase after winning their second round match on Sunday night.

SFU will now have almost two weeks to prepare for the Final Four, which will take place in Evans, Georgia from November 29.

Rowley and van Blerk’s team will play either Saginaw Valley or Northeastern State in the penultimate round.

In Albuquerque, Ben McKendry played the full 90 minutes as the Lobos ousted the University of Virginia 3-1 in the second round of the NCAA tournament. UNM hosted the match after having a bye in the first round.

The 13th-seeded Lobos now travel to fourth-ranked Connecticut for a Sweet 16 matchup on Sunday.

Down in Florida, and the season is over for recent Canadian U-20 call-up Daniel Stanese as Florida Gulf Coast University were eliminated in a penalty shootout by state rivals University of South Florida.

In 2011 and 2010, the successful Queen’s University outfit had Brie Shaw and Mikyla Kay in their ranks while in 2009 and 2008, TWU’s victorious team featured Wright and Meyer (both years) as well as Boyd and Tesan (2009 only).